Chapter 400 Accident

She had a strong intuition that if she wanted to figure out everything, she had to go to the forbidden area of ​​Shenwu Village mentioned by the Wu Patriarch, but this was obviously not an easy task.

But now that we have come, we can’t just go back.

She asked the witch patriarch: "If I want to go to the Divine Witch Village, can the patriarch find someone to guide us?"

Chief Wu frowned, "It's okay to lead the way, but Madam has thought clearly, the people in that village are not easy to get along with."

Shen Mingjiao nodded: "I have to figure something out, otherwise I will feel uneasy and trouble the clan leader."

Seeing her insistence, the Wu clan chief stopped trying to persuade him: "I'll ask my eldest grandson to accompany you there. He is the next clan leader of the Wu clan. If you bring my token, I'm sure it won't be too difficult for you there."

Shen Mingjiao thanked him again. After leaving the Wu Clan leader's house, Xiuxiu looked at her eagerly:

"It turns out there really is a magical village! But it sounds very scary. Madam, do you really want to go there?"

Shen Mingjiao nodded. Qingyao was a big hidden danger to them, and she was still a shady thing who didn't know the truth. She and Feng Lisheng had analyzed it in private. It is said that this time Nan Burma suddenly attacked Daxia. It's probably her handwriting that's indispensable.

Xiuxiu's eyes lit up, and she asked cautiously: "Can you take me with you? I also want to experience it."

Naturally, Shen Mingjiao would not agree: "Little girl, why can't you think about it? It's a place where you may die. I have a reason to go."

Xiuxiu was a little disappointed: "Okay! By the way, didn't you say you were going to find Granny Chang? It's too late today. Let's go there together tomorrow."

The group returned to A Niu's house, and Shen Mingjiao and the imperial doctor Wu discussed plans to go to Shenwu Village.

Xiuxiu is idle and bored. Then he took the basket and planned to go to the back mountain to get some wild fruits. It was mid-afternoon, and there was no one in the back mountain. However, there are several mountains nearby that she has been playing in since she was a child, so she has nothing to fear.

She climbed up the rock wall nimbly and picked a basket of red wild fruits. She was satisfied and planned to leave.

When she turned around, she saw someone unexpectedly standing behind her. She was startled, and before she could see his face clearly, someone covered her mouth.

She struggled fiercely and grabbed the jade pendant around the other party's waist in desperation, and then her vision went dark.

The last memory was of her being dragged away and the jade pendant that she tore off on the ground.

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Until the sun went down, Shen Mingjiao never saw Xiu Xiu's figure. She casually asked the Wu family's grandma who was squatting in front of the door: "Have you seen Xiu Xiu?"

Grandma Wu put down her needlework and said, "I saw her going out with a basket just now. She must have gone to the back mountain to pick fruits."

The old man said with a smile, "Nothing's wrong. A bunch of kids from the nearby mountains are running from childhood to adulthood. Maybe they're looking for A Niu."

But it wasn't until the sky darkened that A Niu came back with the bow and arrows he had learned and a few prey, but he still didn't see Xiu Xiu. Then everyone became anxious and hurriedly split up to look for her.

A Niu asked his neighbor to go to Xiuxiu's mother's house to ask, while he went up the mountain behind. Shen Mingjiao also asked several of her guards to help search.

After half an hour, A Niu came back with a pale face.

"I've looked everywhere, but I can't find it..."

Shen Mingjiao suppressed her emotions and said, "Don't panic. Ask the people nearby. Apart from Xiuxiu going to the back mountain this afternoon, has anyone seen her go anywhere else?"

A Niu's dull eyes regained some focus and he rushed out in a flash. He came back a short time later with an even more depressed expression:

"I asked, no one saw it?"

Shen Mingjiao: "Does that mean she disappeared in the back mountain? Then let's search carefully, maybe there will be any traces left."

According to what I learned just now, Xiuxiu is very popular, has not had bad relations with anyone, and has a simple family situation. And this is a deep mountain, so there won’t be any flowers.

It wasn't until half an hour later that I found the jade pendant in the grass and the bamboo basket that had been thrown down the mountain.